'Can remove Pak from world picture': Pakistan PMO crops Modi out of SCO pic, gets warned
The cropping of PM Modi from an SCO photo by Pak PMO sparked backlash in India. Eknath Shinde condemned the act, describing it as a symbol of Pak's insecurity.
The Pakistan Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has cropped Prime Minister Narendra Modi out of a group photograph from the SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. This move has been met with sharp reactions in India, with politicians criticizing the decision as "extremely unfortunate." The Pakistani PM, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, later posted the original photograph with all leaders, including Modi, included.
Reacting to the cropped image, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde called it "extremely unfortunate" and said that if Modi wishes, he can "remove Pakistan from the world picture." Former Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar described the move as evidence of Pakistan's deep-seated inferiority complex and claimed it only further reinforces the country's behaviour as that of a bully afflicted by such a complex.
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